There Came a Time 2: Essays on the Great War in Africa

by Anne Samson (Contributor), Ana Paula Pires (Editor), Dan Gilfoyle (Editor)

Military engagements 1. India’s contribution to the Great War in East Africa - Harry Fecitt 2. Major-General JM Stewart’s advance from Namanga, BEA to Moshi, GEA, 5-16 March 1916 - James Willson 3. South Africa’s Cape Corps – Rufiji The final push - Janet Szabo 4. South Africa’s Cape Corps at Square Hill, Palestine – A test of its fighting mettle - Janet Szabo 5. The impact of WW1 on East Africa seen through the eyes of Claude Oldfield, Colonial Service, Northern Rhodesia (1911-32) - Malcolm Alexander Challenging myths and legacy 6. The legend of the Old & the Bold – Fact or Myth? - Alex Balm 7. The engagement of small scale farm growers in Coffee farming during German and British Colonial rule in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania -Somo ML Seimu 8. Intensification of Cotton farming under British Colonial Rule during Post World War 1 era in Western Cotton Growing Area - Somo ML Seimu 9. Portugal and the Memory of the First World War in Africa - Sergio Neto 10. “You are going to die ... That is what you came here to do”: Representa tions of the SS Mendi in South Africa’s socio-political landscape - Richard Brown Centenary reflections 11. First World War battlesites in Mbala/Abercorn and District - visited in 2017/19 - Patrick Wiedorn; Mary Mbewe; Colin Carlin 12. Reflections on cross-cultural aspects by reseachers of the First World War in Africa - GWAA members 13. On the Sideline - Photographs of the East and West African campaigns in the First World War Project Experience - Tomar Beh 14. Breaking the Myths - Christine Locke 15. Behind the An exhibition in Kwa-Zulu Natal Museum - Stefan Manz 16. 1914-1918 Encyclopedia - Melvin E Page

263 pages, Paperback

Published June 3, 2022